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Date Posted: 15:55:22 07/07/04 Wed
Author: TS1970
Subject: Before we jump Fingleton for the $120K HC spent...
In reply to: sader1970 's message, "Before we jump Fingleton for the $120K HC spent..." on 13:49:43 07/07/04 Wed

"...the kid was obviously bright enough to make the grade academically at HC and would help fill the Hart Center."

I also heartily agree accepting Neil was the correct move at the time and certainly worth the small risk HC took in offering him an athletic scholarship. No one really had a crystal ball to predict that he would continue to be plagued with chronic injury and back problems. As stated above by Sader1970, Neil was also "bright enough..." that I am sure many believed he could be instructed to learn and acquire the basketball skills needed to play in the PL for HC. Of course, at 7' 6" and 300 pounds, had he learned to consistently execute those athletic skills, he could have conceivably dominated the PL (ala Josh Sankes) for two and a half years. So for these reasons and the reasons expressed by others here, I say yes, it was worth it to give a shot to the tallest player in HC history and, I believe at the time, the tallest in the nation. I think it was really a no brainer under the circumstances. However, unfortunately again, the HC BB program was hit with some bad luck and disappointment with regard to Neil's progress and his health so things just did not work out the way we all had hoped. So now we move on and so does the big fella Neil, Class of 2004.

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